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PROPERTY FROM THE DEXINSHUWU COLLECTION
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A RARE CARVED YUE ‘PARROT AND PEONY’ 北宋 越窯青釉刻鸚鵡牡丹紋盒
CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER 鸚鵡牡丹圖樣為晚唐至北宋陶瓷常見之紋樣，1970年10月於陜西出土的
何家村唐代窖藏中的鎏金鸚鵡牡丹紋提梁銀罐，即為一例。參見國立故
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127) 宮博物院，《天可汗的世界：唐代文物大展》，台北，2002年，頁50。
The domed cover is finely carved in relief with a parrot in flight 來源
amidst a peony scroll, encircled by a double bow-string border 德馨書屋珍藏
with straight sides corresponding to those of the box above a
tapering lower body raised on a spreading foot ring. They are
covered inside and out with a glaze of soft greyish-green tone with
the exception of the foot rim of the box.
5 ¿ in. (13.1 cm.), diam., box
HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-78,000
Parrot was a very popular motif on fine ceramic wares of the late Tang
and Northern Song dynasties, and can also be found on a number of
silver and gold wares, such as the famous Tang-dynasty gilt-silver
lidded jar with handle excavated in 1970 at Hejiacun, Xi’an, Shaanxi
province, which also bears a similar design of parrots and peonies, see
World of the Heavenly Khan: Treasures of the Tang Dynasty, National
Palace Museum, Taipei, 2002, p. 50.
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